Paragon 28 (FNA) Competitors

Paragon 28 (NYSE:FNA) and iRhythm Technologies (NASDAQ:IRTC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is FNA or IRTC more profitable?

iRhythm Technologies has a net margin of -24.50% compared to Paragon 28's net margin of -24.64%. Paragon 28's return on equity of -32.39% beat iRhythm Technologies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paragon 28	-24.64%	-32.39%	-17.07%
iRhythm Technologies	-24.50%	-84.14%	-19.29%

Does the media prefer FNA or IRTC?

In the previous week, Paragon 28 had 15 more articles in the media than iRhythm Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Paragon 28 and 12 mentions for iRhythm Technologies. iRhythm Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Paragon 28's score of 0.10 indicating that iRhythm Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paragon 28	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
iRhythm Technologies	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FNA or IRTC?

Paragon 28 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than iRhythm Technologies. iRhythm Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paragon 28, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paragon 28	$235.44M	2.12	-$57.53M	-$0.65	-9.28
iRhythm Technologies	$537.09M	3.42	-$123.41M	-$4.23	-13.95

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FNA or IRTC?

63.6% of Paragon 28 shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of Paragon 28 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of iRhythm Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FNA or IRTC?

Paragon 28 has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iRhythm Technologies has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FNA or IRTC?

Paragon 28 presently has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 150.41%. iRhythm Technologies has a consensus target price of $112.40, indicating a potential upside of 90.51%. Given Paragon 28's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paragon 28 is more favorable than iRhythm Technologies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paragon 28	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
iRhythm Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FNA or IRTC?

iRhythm Technologies received 369 more outperform votes than Paragon 28 when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.58% of users gave Paragon 28 an outperform vote while only 66.01% of users gave iRhythm Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paragon 28	Outperform Votes 31 81.58%	Underperform Votes 7 18.42%
iRhythm Technologies	Outperform Votes 400 66.01%	Underperform Votes 206 33.99%

Summary

Paragon 28 beats iRhythm Technologies on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.